2009-2011 Current Events: World Politics

Hillary Clinton was appointed as the 67th United States Secretary of State by President Barack Obama in 2009.

John Key became the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 2008, succeeding Helen Clark, who had served in the role since 1999.

P. Chidambaram took over as the Home Minister of India in 2008 following the resignation of Shivraj Patil in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Ashok Chavan became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 2008, succeeding Vilasrao Deshmukh, who resigned after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Helen Clark served as the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008. She stepped down from this post after her party lost the 2008 general election.

Somchai Wongsawat was removed from office by a court ruling in 2008. Chaovarat Chanwe Chanweerakul served as the acting Prime Minister before Abhisit Vejjajiva was elected.

Hosni Mubarak served as the President of Egypt for nearly 30 years, from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.

Shivraj Patil is a long-time member of the Indian National Congress and served in various ministerial positions under Congress-led governments.

Dmitry Medvedev served as the President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, while Vladimir Putin served as Prime Minister during that period.

Ajit Kumar Panja was a prominent politician from West Bengal and a senior leader of the Trinamool Congress.

Nadine Gordimer was a South African author and activist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. She was known for her works opposing apartheid. The spelling 'Litrature' in the option is a typo.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier served as the Foreign Minister of Germany from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017.

R.R. Patil served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The other options listed are former Chief Ministers of the state.

K. Karunakaran was the Chief Minister of Kerala multiple times between 1977 and 1991. He was a senior Congress leader from Kerala and died in December 2010. Option A incorrectly states just 'Kerala' instead of 'Chief Minister of Kerala'.

V.P. Singh led the National Front government that came to power in 1989 after defeating the Congress party led by Rajiv Gandhi. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 77.

MIP stands for Moon Impact Probe, which was a payload carried by the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission to study the lunar surface.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi has served multiple terms as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan.

India became the fourth country to place its national flag on the moon surface during the Chandrayaan-1 mission in 2008.